Analyzer engine

• US 8,060,490 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Slone, Justin A., Amalo, Donny, Widjaja, Herman, Popov, Dimitar K., Fransazov, Mariyan D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vy; Hung T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ho; Binh V
• Application Number:
  US12/277,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 707/708
• US Class Current: 707/708
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1246 by handling markup languages, e.g. XSL, XML, HTML

Abstract

Methods and systems provide a tool for searching and analyzing XPS files. In accordance with the described embodiments, a user can search and analyze XPS files without having a full understanding of an associated software development kit (SDK). Further, in at least some embodiments, the tool can load an XPS file, analyze XPS/OPC/ZIP metadata information, and store the metadata information into a set of predefined rules.

Claims

1. One or more computer readable storage media comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, implement a system comprising:

an analyzer engine configured to analyze XML Paper Specification (XPS) files, wherein the analyzer engine is configured to receive the XPS files as input, map the XPS files into a set of predefined rules, and output the set of predefined rules, wherein the predefined rules comprise different types of rules comprising XML Paper Specification (XPS) rule types, Open Packaging Convention (OPC) rule types, rendering rule types and digital signature rule types;

an analysis database configured to store analysis results, including the set of predefined rules, from the analyzer engine;

a scheduler configured to schedule analysis runs for the XPS files; and

a user interface configured to enable querying for the XPS files.

2. One or more computer readable storage media as recited in claim 1, wherein the analyzer engine comprises one or more modules configured to deserialize at least a portion of a file into a tree that is analyzed for compliance with one or more rule types.

3. One or more computer readable storage media as recited in claim 2, wherein one of the modules comprise an Open Packaging Convention (OPC) module.

4. One or more computer readable storage media as recited in claim 2, wherein one of the modules comprise an XML Paper Specification (XPS) structure analysis module.

5. One or more computer readable storage media as recited in claim 2, wherein one of the modules comprise an XML Paper Specification (XPS) rendering analysis module.

6. One or more computer readable storage media as recited in claim 2, wherein the one or more modules are configured to enable insertion of one or more rules into a list of stored rules as an array or vector.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an XML Paper Specification (XPS) file;

analyzing the XPS file by deserializing at least portions of the XPS file into a tree that is mapped to a set of predefined rules and is analyzed for compliance with the set of predefined rules, the set of predefined rules comprising one or more different types of rules, wherein rule types comprise an XML Paper Specification (XPS) rule type, an Open Packaging Convention (OPC) rule type, a rendering rule type and a digital signature rule type; and

inserting the set of predefined rules into a list of stored rules as an array or vector.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the receiving is performed, at least in part, using a web user interface.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising sending analysis results to a user.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the analysis results are in the form of an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the analysis results are in the form of an Structured Query Language (SQL) file.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the analysis results are in the form of an Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file.